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Vision Casting; An Essential To Leadership

Vision casting is often viewed as the job of the CEO.  Like a head coach, the CEO sets the direction of an organization and then spends a great amount of energy ensuring that their team also understands and works for the vision.  Vision casting, however, isn't limited to CEOs.  Great leadership, regardless of a title or position, involves effective vision casting.

You Are Your Primary Advocate

I once heard an author talking about all of the ideas he gets pitched by non-authors who want him

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Radical Leadership: The 4 R's of a Radical Leader

Leadership looks different today than it did just a decade ago.  In years past, a leader’s authority was often derived from his or her special skill or expertise.  Because a leader had a special skill (or inside knowledge), he was able to take an authoritarian my-way-or-the-high-way leadership style.  In just a few short decades, all of that has changed.  No longer can leaders rely solely on special information or expertise as a leadership advantage.  Thanks to Google, information is just too easy to come by.   The internet has leveled the playing field so much that newer generations are demanding a radical new kind of leadership.  Organizations need radical leaders.

There are four R's to radical leadership:

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Get Ahead With Business Street Smarts

Everywhere we go, we hear the message that to get ahead in life, we need to have a formal education.  The more formal education we receive, the more we will excel in our professional careers.  Unfortunately, this has become true in many industries that once allowed you to start a career and enter a new profession, regardless of your formal education. 

With the costs of higher education spiraling out of control, many young adults are now finding that advanced education is not an option.  The good news is that pursuing formal education is not the only thing that can get you ahead in a career.

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